Come on people!

October 28, 2015

I have serious things on my mind today. As anyone in Vista knows, there are huge apartments going in downtown. Part of the redevelopment plan, those cool city looking apartments with retail spaces on the bottom and apartment living on top. I kinda like these. I’ve seen them in Escondido, Carlsbad etc and love that Vista is being progressive. I’ve lived in Vista for 55 years, yes born here. I even worked for the City of Vista for 13 years during my engineering life. That said, Vista is not known for being progressive. Though they are doing a good job lately. But I’m sidetracked (yes shocking I know). The new “city” apartments are at the foot of our street, Ocean View. So every morning as we head to work, or errands or church. We cruise to the bottom of our street, ready to make our left turn and square in front of us is Slicks Liquor, a Vista landmark, of sorts. And in front of Slicks? People from the new apartment hanging out …. in their pajamas! Really??

Simple question …. when did it become ok to wear pajamas in public? Why do these people feel the need to shuffle over early morning to Slicks. I don’t even want to know if it’s for hot coffee, a frozen breakfast burrito or the hair of the dog who bit you. Some residents are just in robes…. fuzzy pink, fuzzy white, purple polka dots. The purple polka dot lady is out throughout the day … on her walker shuffling around in front of Slicks puffing on her cigarette.

Why people? I believe this epidemic of public pajama wearing began with Walmart, but it appears to be widespread now. I’m fond of looking up words. Epidemic: widespread occurrence of a particular undesirable phenomenon. Pajamas at the grocery store, the bank, the post office, the ballgame, the mall.

When and why did this become acceptable? You are adults … sometime each morning, we are supposed to brush our teeth, wash our face, maybe even shower, comb our hair and …. get dressed. And NOT back into pajamas. No one wants to see a grown woman wearing her Super Hero or Hello Kitty PJs at the grocery store. No one wants to see a grown man in Batman pajamas strolling the aisles at Home Depot. Put some pants on! There are a few exceptions that society will let slide, but not too many. In case you can’t figure this out on your own, I found these helpful lists online.

ACCEPTABLE PAJAMA WEARING LOCATIONS:

At your home
At your friend’s home during a sleepover
At your Grandma’s house
At the hospital if you are a patient
Going to get the mail (on your driveway, not at the post office)
Doctor’s office if you are very ill
Walmart from 9 PM – 9 AM if buying cold medicine, toilet paper, or Kleenex
Fast food restaurant if going through drive-thru
Bank if going through drive-thru
College Dorm
At Bible-study (if the group approves / this ones for you Nicole!)

Non-Acceptable Pajama Wearing Locations:

Church
Court
School (any age level!)
College classes
Inside fast food restaurants
Grocery stores
Nice restaurants
Bars
Bank
Post office
Work (unless you are in a sleep research lab!)
Walmart between the hours of 9 AM to 9 PM
The mall
Target
Any store!
Your friend’s house in daylight hours
A wedding
A wedding reception
A funeral
A hospital when visiting a patient (the nurse may try to escort you to the mental ward.)
At the park
At the beach

We’ve heard the phrase “pull up your big girl panties and get on with life.” Well, your big girl panties aren’t red plaid, made from flannel, have cartoon characters or say ‘juicy’ across the butt. These are not adult clothes. If you want to hang in front of Slicks liquor puffing your cigarette, put on some clothes. S. Santa Fe has an average of 15,659 cars passing you each day (yes I looked it up), and I pass you twice … put on a t-shirt and some jeans, and be a part of society.